LeapFrog Baby Counting Pal Review

All about the Counting Pal

Sofie is a little over a year old. She’s my great niece by marriage. Our daughter baby sits for her one day a week so I see Sofie a lot. One of her newest toys is Leap Frog Baby Counting Pal. I think I play with it as much as Sofie. Actually she’s at the age where she still needs some help so my playing with it isn't so odd. This cute little caterpillar is a pleasure to help her with.

The material on him is soft but he isn’t a soft and cuddly toy. He’s very educational and fun. He has a bright yellow face with purple ears. His body has five sections numbered from 1 to 5. He has a green and white handle made of material so he can be carried around. He also has two Velcro straps on his back so he can be attached to your carriage or whatever you want.

His legs have a variety of pictures on them such as bumble bees and lady bugs. Each leg is a different color and each one feels different. One has a crunchy texture for example and another has a squishy feel.

That’s just the beginning. Next to his legs is a green plastic circle with purple rings that move on this circle. We’re still not done! There is so much more.

Sophie presses each part of the caterpillar’s body and hears a song. Press the blue 1 and hear “One little birdie singing so sweet…” and the leg that corresponds to the 1 has one bird. When she presses the orange 2 she’ll hear “Two little butterflies love to fly…” with the corresponding orange leg with two butterflies.

The caterpillar’s neck is full of fun things which Sofie is old enough to press though her fine motor skills are just really beginning to find the item she wants. There is one circle showing the numbers 1, 2, 3; one showing a crayon; one showing a musical note and one showing three musical notes. This caterpillar is really amazing! When she presses the circle with the 3 notes it says “Musical melody” then if she presses, let’s say the 3 on the catepillar's body, she gets just that - a musical melody. Each color gives her a different melody.

The crayon circle tells her that the 3 she just pressed is yellow and that the 5 if pressed is red. The one note circle tells Sofie “Classical music” and pressing 2 she’ll hear a classical piece; 4 gives her Vivaldi.

Counting Pal measures about 15 inches long by 7 inches at the widest.

Jo's Conclusion We love this toy. I can't find anything wrong with it. He's portable, soft enough, educational and fun. Thumbs up!